Useful Resources
A new series of documentaries produced by the OECD captures the policies and practices high performing education systems have adopted to drive improvements in quality, equity and efficiency. The videos capture how Japan rebuilds its education system in the face of the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake, how the digital age comes to Korean classrooms and Singapore’s plans for preparing its teaching force for the 21st century.
To view the documentaries follow the link: http://www.oecd.org/document/7/0,3746,en_2649_35845621_49428807_1_1_1_1,00.html
Articles on Thinking Dispositions
"Making Thinking Visible" Ron Ritchhart and David Perkins. "Making Thinking Visible," Educational Leadership 65, no. 5 (February 2008): 57-61.
"Uncovering Students' Thinking about Thinking Using Concept Maps"- a paper prepared for the AERA Conference, March 2008.
Cultivating a Culture of Thinking in Museums Ron Ritchhart, “Cultivating a Culture of Thinking in Museums,” Journal of Museum Education 32, no. 2 (Summer 2007): 137-54.
Schools Need to Pay More Attention to "Intelligence in the Wild" David N. Perkins, “Schools Need to Pay More Attention to "Intelligence in the Wild," Harvard Education Letter (May/June 2000)
Intelligence in the Wild David N. Perkins and others, “Intelligence in the Wild: A Dispositional View of Intellectual Traits,” Educational Psychology Review 12, no. 3 (2000): 269–93.
Why Teach Habits of Mind? Shari Tishman, “Why Teach Habits of Mind?” in Discovering and Exploring Habits of Mind, ed. Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick (Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 2000), 41-52.
Life in the Mindful Classroom: Nurturing the Disposition of Mindfulness Ron Ritchhart and David N. Perkins, “Life in the Mindful Classroom: Nurturing the Disposition of Mindfulness,” Journal of Social Issues 56, no. 1 (2000), 27–47.
Making Thinking Visible David N. Perkins, “Making Thinking Visible,” (2003)
Visible Thinking Shari Tishman and Patricia Palmer, “Visible Thinking,” Leadership Compass 2, no. 4 (Summer 2005).
Works of art are a good thing to think about Shari Tishman & Patricia Palmer. "Works of art are a good thing to think about: A study of the impact of the Artful Thinking program on students' concepts of thinking. In Evaluating the Impact of Arts and Cultural Education. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 89-101.
The object of their attention Shari Tishman. "The object of their attention". Education Leadership, February 2008. 65 (5) pp. 44-46
Thinking about Thinking: Preservice teachers strengthen their thinking artfully Susan Barahal. "Thinking about Thinking: Preservice teachers stregthen their thinking artfully". Phi Delta Kappan, 90 (4). pp. 298-302
Developing Students’ Thinking
Online primary and secondary Multiple Intelligence tests available with instant results to printout (google bgfl multiple intelligences)
http://www.bgfl.org/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/ict/multiple_int/index.htm
Site with copy-able images of De Bono's Thinking Hats and links to PDF files explaining each hat
De Bono's Thinking Hats
Memory An ABC site about memory what it is and how to improve it.
Questioning.org Jamie Mckenzie's site devoted to assisting teachers and students to be effective questioners
Wiki with links to Bloom's, Learning Styles, 21st Century learning and information on Thinking
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/
Teaching and Learning in a Community of Thinking
Yoram Harpaz
This article develops a theory and practice for teaching and learning in a Community of Thinking. The practice is based on three stages: fertile question, research and a concluding performance. These stages are supported by a continual process of initiation by which students form the common knowledge basis necessary for creating questions and conducting research (Inquiry based learning process). http://www.learningtolearn.sa.edu.au/Colleagues/files/links/Teaching_and_Learning_in_a.doc
Thinking Routines: Establishing patterns of thinking in the classroom (PDF – 240Kb) (http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/AERA06ThinkingRoutines.pdf) - Informs educational practice around the teaching of thinking and the development of thoughtful classrooms and makes a contribution to theories about the development of thinking dispositions. Through exploration of three main projects it allows an in-depth study of thinking routines across diverse project sites
http://archive.futurelab.org.uk/resources/publications-reports-articles/literature-reviews/Literature-Review394/
Available Books
To purchase any of these books please visit the Project Zero Bookstore
David N. Perkins, Smart Schools: Better Thinking and Learning for Every Child (New York: The Free Press, 1995).
In this book, David Perkins draws on over twenty years of research to reveal the common misguided strategies students use in trying to understand a topic, and then shows teachers and parents what strategies they can use with children to increase real understanding.
David N. Perkins, The Intelligent Eye: Learning to Think by Looking at Art (Santa Monica, CA:The Getty Center for Education in the Arts, 1994).
In this unique contribution to the literature of arts education, David Perkins explains why looking at art requires thinking and presents an argument for the value of looking at art as a means to cultivate thinking dispositions. Drawing on research in cognition, he explains why art is uniquely qualified to support habits of reflective thinking.
Ron Ritchhart, Intellectual Character: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Get It (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2002).
Now in paperback, Intellectual Character presents illustrative, inspiring stories of exemplary teachers to help show how intellectual traits and thinking dispositions can be developed and cultivated in students to promote successful learning. This book provides a model of authentic and powerful teaching and offers practical strategies for creating classroom environments that support thinking.
Shari Tishman, David N. Perkins, Eileen Jay, The Thinking Classroom: Teaching and learning in a Culture of Thinking (Needham, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1995).
Going beyond the piecemeal approach of injecting thinking skills into existing classroom lessons or units, The Thinking Classroom shows how to transform the classroom, through a culture of thinking, into a place where the many aspects of high-level thought—skills, attitudes, values, and habits of mind—are supported and encouraged by the learning environment.
Tina Grotzer, Laura Howick, Shari Tishman and Debra Wise, Art Works for Schools: A Curriculum for Teaching Thinking In and Through the Arts. (Lincoln, MA: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 2002).
Art Works for Schools is a curriculum program that teaches high-level thinking in and through visual art and theater. This product of a five-year collaboration of three organizations, several schools, and many individuals is written primarily for classroom teachers who are not art specialists.
Web Links
Carpe Vitam: http://www.carpevitam.se/
Project Zero: http://pz.harvard.edu
Lemshaga Akademi: http://www.lemshaga.se/
AUSTRALIA
Bialik College
Pre-K through Grade 12
Melbourne, Australia
Leanah Valley Primary School
Tasmania, Australia
Melbourne Grammar School
Grades 7-12
Melbourne Australia
A B Paterson College
Arudel, Australia
Thinking and Learning
http://www.in2edu.com/downloads/thinking/index.htm
This site contains many PDF materials to use with conducting 6 Thinking Hats in your classroom or meetings. The posters would be
great to use in a classroom setting to encourage critical thinking.
Put On Your (Six) Thinking Hats!
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/voice/voice102.shtml
Want to move your students' thinking from the predictable to the profound? Educator Brenda Dyck describes a powerful thinking tool
that will help students approach problem solving in innovative ways.
Seeing Integration from Different Viewpoints
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=816
This middle school lesson plan uses The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles. A post-reading group activity called The Five
Decision Lenses, adapted from Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono, is used.
Free Resources for Teachers & Parents
http://debonoforschools.com/asp/fr_free_resources_intro.asp
Click here for a great variety of free resources you can use in your classrooms and to spark ideas for your own lesson plans using six thinking hats.
Turn a Sad Goodbye into a "Problemtunity"
http://www.middleweb.com/MWLresources/dyckarticle2.html
A middle school teacher describes using six thinking hats in her middle school class to problem solve.
Dr Edward de Bono's six Thinking Hats and Numeracy
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6932/is_3_11/ai_n28433380
To view the documentaries follow the link: http://www.oecd.org/document/7/0,3746,en_2649_35845621_49428807_1_1_1_1,00.html
Articles on Thinking Dispositions
"Making Thinking Visible" Ron Ritchhart and David Perkins. "Making Thinking Visible," Educational Leadership 65, no. 5 (February 2008): 57-61.
"Uncovering Students' Thinking about Thinking Using Concept Maps"- a paper prepared for the AERA Conference, March 2008.
Cultivating a Culture of Thinking in Museums Ron Ritchhart, “Cultivating a Culture of Thinking in Museums,” Journal of Museum Education 32, no. 2 (Summer 2007): 137-54.
Schools Need to Pay More Attention to "Intelligence in the Wild" David N. Perkins, “Schools Need to Pay More Attention to "Intelligence in the Wild," Harvard Education Letter (May/June 2000)
Intelligence in the Wild David N. Perkins and others, “Intelligence in the Wild: A Dispositional View of Intellectual Traits,” Educational Psychology Review 12, no. 3 (2000): 269–93.
Why Teach Habits of Mind? Shari Tishman, “Why Teach Habits of Mind?” in Discovering and Exploring Habits of Mind, ed. Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick (Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 2000), 41-52.
Life in the Mindful Classroom: Nurturing the Disposition of Mindfulness Ron Ritchhart and David N. Perkins, “Life in the Mindful Classroom: Nurturing the Disposition of Mindfulness,” Journal of Social Issues 56, no. 1 (2000), 27–47.
Making Thinking Visible David N. Perkins, “Making Thinking Visible,” (2003)
Visible Thinking Shari Tishman and Patricia Palmer, “Visible Thinking,” Leadership Compass 2, no. 4 (Summer 2005).
Works of art are a good thing to think about Shari Tishman & Patricia Palmer. "Works of art are a good thing to think about: A study of the impact of the Artful Thinking program on students' concepts of thinking. In Evaluating the Impact of Arts and Cultural Education. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 89-101.
The object of their attention Shari Tishman. "The object of their attention". Education Leadership, February 2008. 65 (5) pp. 44-46
Thinking about Thinking: Preservice teachers strengthen their thinking artfully Susan Barahal. "Thinking about Thinking: Preservice teachers stregthen their thinking artfully". Phi Delta Kappan, 90 (4). pp. 298-302
Developing Students’ Thinking
Online primary and secondary Multiple Intelligence tests available with instant results to printout (google bgfl multiple intelligences)
http://www.bgfl.org/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/ict/multiple_int/index.htm
Site with copy-able images of De Bono's Thinking Hats and links to PDF files explaining each hat
De Bono's Thinking Hats
Memory An ABC site about memory what it is and how to improve it.
Questioning.org Jamie Mckenzie's site devoted to assisting teachers and students to be effective questioners
Wiki with links to Bloom's, Learning Styles, 21st Century learning and information on Thinking
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/
Teaching and Learning in a Community of Thinking
Yoram Harpaz
This article develops a theory and practice for teaching and learning in a Community of Thinking. The practice is based on three stages: fertile question, research and a concluding performance. These stages are supported by a continual process of initiation by which students form the common knowledge basis necessary for creating questions and conducting research (Inquiry based learning process). http://www.learningtolearn.sa.edu.au/Colleagues/files/links/Teaching_and_Learning_in_a.doc
Thinking Routines: Establishing patterns of thinking in the classroom (PDF – 240Kb) (http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/AERA06ThinkingRoutines.pdf) - Informs educational practice around the teaching of thinking and the development of thoughtful classrooms and makes a contribution to theories about the development of thinking dispositions. Through exploration of three main projects it allows an in-depth study of thinking routines across diverse project sites
http://archive.futurelab.org.uk/resources/publications-reports-articles/literature-reviews/Literature-Review394/
Available Books
To purchase any of these books please visit the Project Zero Bookstore
David N. Perkins, Smart Schools: Better Thinking and Learning for Every Child (New York: The Free Press, 1995).
In this book, David Perkins draws on over twenty years of research to reveal the common misguided strategies students use in trying to understand a topic, and then shows teachers and parents what strategies they can use with children to increase real understanding.
David N. Perkins, The Intelligent Eye: Learning to Think by Looking at Art (Santa Monica, CA:The Getty Center for Education in the Arts, 1994).
In this unique contribution to the literature of arts education, David Perkins explains why looking at art requires thinking and presents an argument for the value of looking at art as a means to cultivate thinking dispositions. Drawing on research in cognition, he explains why art is uniquely qualified to support habits of reflective thinking.
Ron Ritchhart, Intellectual Character: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Get It (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2002).
Now in paperback, Intellectual Character presents illustrative, inspiring stories of exemplary teachers to help show how intellectual traits and thinking dispositions can be developed and cultivated in students to promote successful learning. This book provides a model of authentic and powerful teaching and offers practical strategies for creating classroom environments that support thinking.
Shari Tishman, David N. Perkins, Eileen Jay, The Thinking Classroom: Teaching and learning in a Culture of Thinking (Needham, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1995).
Going beyond the piecemeal approach of injecting thinking skills into existing classroom lessons or units, The Thinking Classroom shows how to transform the classroom, through a culture of thinking, into a place where the many aspects of high-level thought—skills, attitudes, values, and habits of mind—are supported and encouraged by the learning environment.
Tina Grotzer, Laura Howick, Shari Tishman and Debra Wise, Art Works for Schools: A Curriculum for Teaching Thinking In and Through the Arts. (Lincoln, MA: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 2002).
Art Works for Schools is a curriculum program that teaches high-level thinking in and through visual art and theater. This product of a five-year collaboration of three organizations, several schools, and many individuals is written primarily for classroom teachers who are not art specialists.
Web Links
Carpe Vitam: http://www.carpevitam.se/
Project Zero: http://pz.harvard.edu
Lemshaga Akademi: http://www.lemshaga.se/
AUSTRALIA
Bialik College
Pre-K through Grade 12
Melbourne, Australia
Leanah Valley Primary School
Tasmania, Australia
Melbourne Grammar School
Grades 7-12
Melbourne Australia
A B Paterson College
Arudel, Australia
Thinking and Learning
http://www.in2edu.com/downloads/thinking/index.htm
This site contains many PDF materials to use with conducting 6 Thinking Hats in your classroom or meetings. The posters would be
great to use in a classroom setting to encourage critical thinking.
Put On Your (Six) Thinking Hats!
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/voice/voice102.shtml
Want to move your students' thinking from the predictable to the profound? Educator Brenda Dyck describes a powerful thinking tool
that will help students approach problem solving in innovative ways.
Seeing Integration from Different Viewpoints
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=816
This middle school lesson plan uses The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles. A post-reading group activity called The Five
Decision Lenses, adapted from Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono, is used.
Free Resources for Teachers & Parents
http://debonoforschools.com/asp/fr_free_resources_intro.asp
Click here for a great variety of free resources you can use in your classrooms and to spark ideas for your own lesson plans using six thinking hats.
Turn a Sad Goodbye into a "Problemtunity"
http://www.middleweb.com/MWLresources/dyckarticle2.html
A middle school teacher describes using six thinking hats in her middle school class to problem solve.
Dr Edward de Bono's six Thinking Hats and Numeracy
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6932/is_3_11/ai_n28433380